Spoke for vehicle-wheels.



B. H. NORTON. SPOKEFOR VEHICLE WHEELS. APPLICATION FILED 001 .27, 1911,RENEWED SEPT. 20, 1912.

1,043,346. PateritedNoii.5,1912.

WITNESSES:

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Specification of Letters Pat t Patented Nov. 5, 1912.

Application filed Gctoher 23", ten, Serial No. $57,043. RenewedSeptember 20, 1912. Serial No. 721,517;

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Bnirtron H. llonron, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Bennettsville, in the countyof Chena-ngo and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Spokes for Vehicle- W heels, of which the following is aspecification. My invention relates to an improvement in spokes forvehicle wheels and has for its object to provide a strong and lightsplit or divided spoke mounted in a braced position in a hub for vehiclewheels, and which will give much greater strength than that possessed byordinary wheels, and at the same time be light and firm.

With this object in view, my invention consists in' certain novelfeatures of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafterfully described and pointed out in the claim, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section taken online 1. l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation. Fig. 3 is adetailed vertical section of the ferrule. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectionof the same taken on the line 4:. 41 of Fig. 3 and showing part of asplit spoke in position and Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a modifiedform of my invention.

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the severalfigures of the drawing.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a spoke A which is split ordivided at a di tance from the tip into two legs a, a. On the spokes Imount the ferrule B. This ferrule has in it the indentations Z), t whichcause it to closely hug or gain into the divided spoke A, and braces andstrengthens the spoke at the crotch or division of the legs. I provide ahub C having a raised or reinforced portion surrounding said hub,

the faces of which conform to a line at'rightangles with the verticalline of thlegs. into this hub are inlet the spoke holes 0, c in adiagonal direction and at right angles with the sloping surface of thehollow sur rounding the hub. Into these the spoke legs a, a areinserted.

In a modified form of my device, as shown in Fig. 5, I have a dividedspoke composed of two separate legs, 03, d, the upper portion forming avertical position or extension, and the legs 0?, d of the lower portionbeing bent outward.

On a line between the two legs and in the vertical portion of the same Iform rivet or bolt holes, and into these I insert the bolt 7'', havingthe nut g, and by this means they are firmly held together. The bentportion forms the legs d, cl and enters the hub O in a diagonal positionforming a braced connection therewith. The upper portion of the spoke,both in the preferred and modified forms, enters the rim of the wheel inthe hole It.

Having thus described my invention, what i claim as new and for which Idesire Letters Patent is as follows:

The combination with 2. spoke divided at one end to form a pair ofdivergent legs, of a ferrule embracing the legs at their point of unionwith the spoke, said ferrule consisting of a cylindrical piece ofmaterial tapering as it approaches the other end of the spoke and havinga. pair of V-shaped indentations disposed centrally thereof and betweenthe divergent legs at their point of union with the spoke.

in testimony whereof l have ailixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

' BRITTON H. NORTON.

Witnesse:

S. A. VALENTINE, Louis H. Foore.

